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I'm getting a 2.8 engine build done by HKS here in Sapporo and got a call from one of the guys to see if I could come out today. I was supposed to go out yesterday to discuss the build but had to change that to this sunday, so thinking this was just going to be disccusion on the build etc I headed out about 2pm.

Well, what can I say but WOW...!! It turns out that the owner of Option magazine in Japan has organized a high speed 300kph over test run of the GTR35 with a few of Japans top Tuners. Supposedly there are 5 cars coming for the test, the ones that are already here are HKS Kansai, Garage Saurus another shop from Tokyo (cant rember their name as too excited) supposedly Top Secret and Mines are coming as well. Its going to be a magazine and option Dvd shoot for editions early next year so keep your eyes out for it. The owner of Option is going to be doing alot of the driving and is supposed to be famous high speed test driver.

The track is out on the south eastern part of Hokkaido near place called Mukawa and is oval banked high speed course. They chose here as they beleive the cool/cold temps here will be good for max high speed test. We have had a warmish week with lots of snow melting and forecast is for fine cold day so hopefully things will be perfect.

I got to hang around for couple of hours while they put white 35 on the dyno for tuning and power test...Where are the pics you ask..well I tried but was told it therewas absolute no chance of pics and tomorrows test is closed track except for tuners and option crew only. The car being tuned was from the garage I cant rember the name but what I could find out was, there were few mods with after market exhaust,turbo boost mod and few tweaks on computer management. To be honest it would of been easier getting blood out of a stone than prying info from these guys but I can tell you this car was consistenly putting out 610ps run after run and the engine and exhaust soon was bloody awesome.

My mate at HKS is cheif mechanic/manager at HKS Sapporo and said he will give me an update on it all this sunday.

All I can say it was big buzz to see this car being tuned and cant wait to here how tomorrow goes.

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Yep..been a bit slow catching up on work etc and been busy as blue arse fly but here goes..

Ok as it turns out Mines and Top Secret didnt come up but there were 5 GTR's that came up from Honshu for the speed run including HKS Kansai, Garage Saurus , HKS Technical Workshop Tokyo plus 2 others I have to get the details as was pretty hungover when I went out and caught up with my mate Hiroyuki form HKS sapporo..

The weather was mild for this time of year..5-6c max and sunny all day, so they had great conditions. HKS Kansai had the fastest top speed for the day cracking 320kph with when you look at it , pretty mild mods and pretty much standard body . The others were around the 310kph mark.

My mate got to take one for a run and was so impressed with the way the car stuck to the track and said it was brilliant to drive.

Pretty impressive when you think what it costs in mods to get a 32,33 or 34 up to these speeds.

Anyway this is all 2nd hand from my mate as it was a closed track but there will be a DVD and magazine spread from Option coming out in Jan next year sometime..

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Few pics and quick vid snip from latest Option magazine of 300kph plus speed run day in Hokkaido late in November 2008..

Cars came from

HKS Kansai 326.2km/h

Garage Yahata 324.6 km/h

HKS & HKS Technical 312.1 km/h

Garage Saurus 311.5 km/h

Sunline Racing 311.5 km/h

http://www.v-opt.co.jp/streaming2/178_high.wvx

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Few pics and quick vid snip from latest Option magazine of 300kph plus speed run day in Hokkaido late in November 2008..

Cars came from

HKS Kansai 326.2km/h

Garage Yahata 324.6 km/h

HKS & HKS Technical 312.1 km/h

Garage Saurus 311.5 km/h

Sunline Racing 311.5 km/h

http://www.v-opt.co.jp/streaming2/178_high.wvx

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Man that is awesome! :)

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